The Girl from the Wardrobe

The Girl from the Wardrobe

Directed by Bodo Kox

Produced by CANAL+ Polska, Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych

201388 min5.8 / 10

A melancholic character study of three isolated, struggling people finding tentative connection and meaning through proximity and small acts of love.

This is the story of three characters (brothers Tomek and Jacek and their neighbor Magda), each of them is in their own way lonely and alienated. The title character makes herself secluded. Tomek's alienation results from his neurological disease, and Jacek contacts the world mainly via the Internet. This is also a film about love. Love of one brother to the other and of one alienated human being to the other. All together it creates a very universal picture with a Polish entourage.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Girl from the Wardrobe sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is The Girl from the Wardrobe violent? Not especially. Less violent than 74% of films.

  • Does The Girl from the Wardrobe end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 61% of films.

  • Is The Girl from the Wardrobe easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Girl from the Wardrobe scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

24/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity67

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise7

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love15

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like The Girl from the Wardrobe

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Girl from the Wardrobe

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Girl from the Wardrobe, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Girl from the Wardrobe, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Girl from the Wardrobe, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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